Is Chinese really that hard?

The Chinese language is often considered one of the world’s most difficult languages to learn, but this sentiment is a major oversimplification. Like any language, learning Chinese has its challenges. As a language learner, placing yourself in an ideal learning environment is key to learning Chinese.

Why is Chinese so hard?

Mandarin Chinese is challenging for a number of reasons. Mandarin Chinese (the most common dialect) has four tones, so one word can be pronounced four different ways, and each pronunciation has a different meaning. For instance, the word ma can mean “mother,” “horse,” “rough” or “scold” — depending on how you say it.

Is it correct to say “I’m not Chinese but i’re Korean”?

Our parents and Sunday school teachers told us that the correct response was, “I’m not Chinese; I’m Korean.” (This didn’t even work, it should be noted: When I informed a mean kindergartner that I was Korean, he responded, “There is no such place.”) None of us kids were proud of being Korean-American back then.

Is ‘I’m not Chinese’ a meaningful retort?

For an inarticulate child, maybe “I’m not Chinese” isn’t an especially meaningful retort. But a grown woman should know better. So what finally brought about my moment of self-reckoning? It was a T-shirt. Last month, a Chinese-American friend of mine posted on social media about a targeted internet ad that had outraged her.

Is Chinese a really hard language to learn?

Let’s face it: if you are not a native Chinese person, you probably think that Chinese is a really hard language to learn. Actually you probably don’t even question it… it seems to be a kind of global consensus that if you are going to learn a new language, Chinese is one of the toughest.

Is it bad to learn Chinese at school?

Many of the teaching methods and ways students have learned Chinese at school are backward and sometimes just wrong. For example, it’s unwise and inefficient to learn spoken Chinese and written Chinese at the same time. A student studying Chinese should learn Pinyin and the basics of spoken Chinese first and then learn characters.

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